#OTD 1979. Vote of Confidence in the Callaghan Government. After a Commons debate, Labour are defeated by one vote, triggering a General Election. The story of one of the most dramatic nights in British Political History 👇
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In August 1978, the Lib-Lab Pact – which had helped sustain Callaghan in office – disbanded with an expectation that an election would be called for October 1978.